RARA Vodou, Power and Performance
RARA AS A FORM OF CARNIVAL
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Images
 Two young Rara kings (Wa Rara) ++ high res |  ++ high res |  Young Rara kings and queen rest after dancing ++ high res |
 Majo Jonc in Leogane dress in sequins to juggle their batons. ++ high res |  Rara band in cloth strip costume, in the style of the Artibonite Valley. ++ high res |  Rara with Queens in green and orange ++ high res |
 Rara colonels on manoevers ++ high res |  Rara streams down a street in Carrefour ++ high res |  Anacaona, Indian Queen of Haiti, surrounded by Rara bands ++ high res |
 A Rara band from a distance ++ high res |  Singing, dancing down the road ++ high res |
Video
 | The whole lakou breaks out in banboch (couples dancing) as the Rara
band plays. A sweet moment, everybody is enjoying themselves. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth |
 | Musicians in an Artibonite Rara walking. You can see the waves of music
pass by. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth |
 | Rara in Leogane. See how big the crowd is! There are thousands in this
town who come to Leogane especially for Rara week, sometimes from the
US and beyond. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth |
 | Rara band performs "Shario Pye," or without instruments. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth |
 | Composite of an Artibonite Rara on the roadside. Here the queens blow
the whistle, directing the action, while the colonel whips the crossroads to
activate the spirits. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth |
 | A Rara majo jon twirls his machete to perform for our crew. In the end,
the idea is to solicit contributions through such a spectacular
performance! ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth |
 | In this Rara in the mountains above Petionville, you can see a young
Queen and two Kings dance the mazoun. ++ High Bandwidth + Low Bandwidth |